Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of marked on reverse "RZM SS

marked on reverse "RZM SS OLC 36/43" (Overhoff & Cie Lüdenscheid)

measuring 71 mm (w) x 76

the oldest umbrella organization of German fraternities

entitling him to the Afghanistan Medal with Ali Musjid clasp

Footnote: Alexander Russell Gay was born in 1896 in Michigan

Germany, Wehrmacht. A 1939 Iron Cross Ii Class, Unmarked United Republic of marked on reverse "RZM SS(Eisernes Kreuz 1939 II. Klasse). Reinstituted 1 September 1939. (1939 1945 issue). Constructed of iron and silver, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with a blackened magnetic iron core within a ribbed silver frame, the obverse with a central mobile swastika, the six oclock arm with a reinstitution date of 1939, the reverse six oclock arm with an initial institution date of 1813, the reverse six oclock